The Matildas superstar ruptured her ACL during Manchester City’s Women’s FA Cup semi-final loss to Manchester United on April 13. Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. It was a brutal blow for the 22-year-old, who was having a career-best year, scoring 10 goals across all competitions for City, and establishing herself as a first-team regular. But in fantastic news for Matildas and Citizens fans, the forward is back in training well ahead of schedule. Fowler shared several pictures on her Instagram showing her smiling back on the training pitch with her City teammates at a pre-season training camp at the La Manga resort in Spain. And it indicates her rehabilitation process is going extremely well, given that an ACL rehab usually takes between 10 and 12 months. The pictures were met with an outpouring of joy from her teammates and fans. Sam Kerr, who continues to battle her own knee injury, commented with a clapping hands emoji. While Fowler’s Matildas teammate Courtney Nevin said: “Yay” with a love-heart emoji. Khiara Keating wrote: “Things you love to see”, and Alex Greenwood commented, “What a sight” While fans commented “great to have you back Mary” and “OMG Maryyy”. Fowler’s return is still likely months away but it is a promising sign for Matildas fans, with the forward racing the clock to make Australia’s Asian Cup campaign in March 2026. And the positive updates comes after Australian boss Joe Montemurro revealed her recovery is going better than expected. “I spoke to her the other day and she’s on track,” Montemurro said last month. “She’s in Sydney at the moment doing some running. “She’s looking good, and she should be hopefully back playing before November.” Fowler has only recently headed back to Europe after spending several weeks Down Under with her rugby league superstar boyfriend, Nathan Cleary and her family. The Matildas star was spotted cheering Cleary on at games, hand-in-hand with him at Panthers HQ and out with the halfback as they took several strolls around the beaches.